Mrs. M. B. Rodger, an American, also had rather unpleasant experiences when they ventured out yesterday to the Country Club, situated in Japanese-controlled territory, for a breath of fresh air in view of the terrific heat—105 degrees in the shade.
They met with no difficulties on the way out, but were firmly refused admission on returning. After much fruitless argument, they made a two-mile trip to another entrance, where they avera permitted to re-enter the Concession. town.
National Guardsmen, police and volunteer workers dug through wrecked buildings, uprooted trees and broken communication wires and power lines in their search for victims.
Governor Stassen today reported that the "situation is now under control." The authorities believed that all victims had been found. Some twenty of the injured were in serious condition, they said.
Three hundred National Guardsmen patrolled the streets of the town which was virtually under martial law, The town's hospital was so crowded that injured persons were even lying in the hall A carnival was in full blast and many children were riding on the merry-go-round when the storm struck without warning. A footbridge over the river was destroyed, and the wind whipped the waves as high as ten feet, eye-witnesses said Miss Josephine Brant, who was motoring in the highway near Anoka, vividly described the terrific tornado.
"I saw a twisting funnel-shaped black cloud strike the town and then pass through. The air was immediately filled with debris. Some buildings collapsed. We drove into streets covered with trees, timbers and wrecked cars. Windows were broken everywhere," she said.—United Press,
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